Wednesday, February 15, 2012

[PVE] Mage - Arcane DPS Spec & Guide (For 3.3.5)

Mage

This spec / talent build is for level 80 Mages and the 3.3.5(a) version of World of Warcraft

(Molten-WoW)

Arcaneis a good spec (especially) for new mages, who do not have good enough gear for a fire/frostfireball spec (they require lots of crit). Arcane does actually more dps with lower gear than what fire specs could.

I can't claim that this spec will make you top your raid's dps charts (because this spec has very limited potential for raids), but it does work just perfect for 5man dungeons, including the godlessly overdone Pit of Saron (the main source of gear for new players) and "RDF HC" (Random Dungeon Finder Heroic).

Arcane Mages also have pretty good raid buffs (not only one's dps matters), which makes them viable for raiding, despite their lower direct individual dps.

The reason I didn't add Arcane Barrage to the spec is because it's a huge dps loss even if you use it when moving, which is why/when people even usually take/use it. You can for example use Blink and then cast Arcane Missiles instead and have higher dps.